What salary do you need to live in Valdosta, GA?

What housing costs in Valdosta

Median gross rent, meaning contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities, runs $700, $944 and $1,170 a month for one, two and three bedrooms across Valdosta, GA. The largest of those is 67% more than the smallest.

On the ownership side, the typical owner-occupied home is valued at $201,300. That works out to 3.5× the local median household income of $57,085, a mid-range ratio.

Price levels matter beyond rent. The Bureau of Economic Analysis measures Valdosta's overall prices at 88.3 on a scale where the nation is 100, which makes a $100,000 salary feel like about $113,287 would elsewhere.

Valdosta: the pre-tax income for each grade

For two bedrooms, $94,000 is where Valdosta turns Comfortable. Below that, $47,000 marks the start of Okay and $23,000 the start of Tight; under $23,000 the score reads Stretched. Rent at the Comfortable line is 12% of gross pay.

Royal, the top band, starts at $249,000. At that income rent is 5% of pay and the median home 0.8× income.

Each figure is the lowest income, to the next $1,000, at which the calculator itself would show that grade for a two-bedroom in Valdosta.

Scores at $50K, $75K, $100K and $150K in Valdosta

Choosing a bigger place in Valdosta at $75,000 trims the score from 63 to 55 without leaving Okay.

Read down the two-bedroom column and the first Comfortable row is $100,000, consistent with the $94,000 line above.

Where Valdosta falls nationally

Ranked against all 387 metros, Valdosta sits 331st on overall price level and 334th on the two-bedroom rent median, counting from the most expensive. Its median home value ranks 299th.

Kokomo, IN ($947) and Grand Forks, ND-MN ($942) bracket Valdosta on two-bedroom rent.

Comparing Valdosta with Georgia

How Valdosta stacks up against its state: $944 for a two-bedroom against Georgia's $1,326, $201,300 for the median home against $303,300, and a price level of 88.3 against 96.3.

On statewide medians, a two-bedroom budget reaches Comfortable at $163,000 — above Valdosta's $94,000 line.

Within Georgia, the metros closest to Valdosta on rent and overall prices are Rome, GA, Columbus, GA-AL, and Macon-Bibb County, GA. Their Comfortable lines for two bedrooms sit at $102,000, $97,000, and $95,000.

The median Valdosta household

The median household in the metro earns $57,085 (ACS 2020-2024). Run through the calculator with two bedrooms, that scores 51, Okay. Reaching Comfortable would take $36,915 more than the median household earns. For Georgia as a whole, the median household income of $77,353 scores 44 against statewide rents. Household income can include more than one earner, so a single salary of the same size goes less far.

Treat every number here as a pre-tax, public-data estimate rather than financial advice.